| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | the [noun] [pron] were [v-ing] [prep] | 181 |
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| 2 | the [noun] [pron] were [v-ing] [prep] | 176 |
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| 3 | the [noun] [pers pn] were [v-ing] [prep] | 129 |
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| 4 | the [noun sg] [pron] were [v-ing] [prep] | 107 |
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| 5 | the [noun pl] [pron] were [v-ing] [prep] | 63 |
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| 6 | the [noun] they were [v-ing] [prep] | 58 |
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| 7 | the [noun] they were [v-ing] [prep] | 58 |
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| 8 | the [noun] who were [v-ing] [prep] | 36 |
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| 9 | the [noun] [Wh pn] were [v-ing] [prep] | 36 |
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| 10 | the [noun] who were [v-ing] [prep] | 36 |
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| 11 | the [noun] we were [v-ing] [prep] | 35 |
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| 12 | the [noun] we were [v-ing] [prep] | 35 |
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| 13 | the [noun] you were [v-ing] [prep] | 34 |
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| 14 | the [noun] you were [v-ing] [prep] | 34 |
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| 15 | the [noun] [pron] were [v-ing] for | 33 |
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| 16 | the [noun] [pron] were [v-ing] for | 33 |
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| 17 | the [noun] [pron] were [v-ing] in | 30 |
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| 18 | the [noun] [pron] were [v-ing] in | 30 |
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| 19 | the [noun] [pron] were looking [prep] | 26 |
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| 20 | the [noun] [pron] were [v-ing] at | 23 |
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| 21 | the [noun] [pron] were [v-ing] at | 23 |
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| 22 | the [noun] [pron] were talking [prep] | 20 |
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| 23 | the [noun] [pron] were [v-ing] about | 19 |
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| 24 | the [noun] [pron] were [v-ing] about | 19 |
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| 25 | the [noun] [pron] were [v-ing] to | 18 |
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| 26 | the [noun] [pron] were [v-ing] to | 18 |
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| 27 | the [noun] [Wh det] were [v-ing] [prep] | 14 |
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| 28 | the [noun] which were [v-ing] [prep] | 13 |
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| 29 | the [noun] which were [v-ing] [prep] | 13 |
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| 30 | the [noun] [pron] were [v-ing] with | 10 |
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